George Hendrik Breitner

George Hendrik Breitner was a Dutch painter and photographer. An important figure in Amsterdam Impressionism, he is noted especially for his paintings of street scenes and harbours in a realistic style. He painted en plein air, and became interested in photography as a means of documenting street life and atmospheric effects rainy weather in particular as reference materials for his paintings.

George Hendrik Breitner was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands. From 18761880 he attended the Art Academy in The Hague where his extraordinary talent was rewarded on various occasions. From October 1878 till April 1879 he worked as an art teacher at the Leiden academy Ars Aemula Naturae. In 1880 he was expelled from the Art Academy of The Hague for misconduct, because he had destroyed the regulationsboard. In the same year he lived at landscapist Willem Mariss place at Loosduinen and was accepted as a member of Pulchri Studio, an important artists society in The Hague. Later, he distanced himself from the Hague School and today he is generally regarded as an Amsterdam Impressionist.

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